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Are Not Authors Generally Freemasons?
carried to a small hut . Putting a tin box into the captain ' s hand , the officer said , " Receive this , it may save your life , although it cost my brother his ; he was executed for desertion , and on the day of his execution he gave me the contents of that box . Good-bye , brother , heaven protect you . '"—It may be observed that the box , although it contained no masonic secrets , proved of the highest interest to the captain . FIDUS .
Generous Liberality
GENEROUS LIBERALITY
On the part of Bro . Hobbs towards a Brother Mason in distressed circumstances . In our volume for the year 1844 , pp . 347 , 348 , we were requested to solicit the contributions of the benevolent and humane in augmentation of a collection then being made to alleviate the distress of Bro . James Gardner and his family , formerly of the Greyhound Hotel , at Croydon ; and we are now enabledthrough the kindness of Bro . John Chrees
, , P . M . 200 , P . P . G . D . Surrey , the acting trustee of the fund collected , to state that the total amount of the sums received is as follows , viz . — Concert , 88 / . 10 s . 10 rf . ; Grand Lodge , 10 / . ; Surrey Lodges , 23 / . ; other donations , inclusive , amounting altogether to 444 . / . 3 s . 10 d . ; from which sum a small annuity has been purchased for Mrs . Gardner , at the cost of 195 / . 2 * . 6 d . The remainder of the noble contribution has been advanced to aid Mrs . Gardner in her exertions to maintain the family .
The concert , conducted by Bro . Hobbs , Grand Organist , realized , as it will be seen above , the sum of 88 / . 10 s . 10 d ., exclusive of the value given by John Blake , Esq ., Bro . H . Gray , Edward Westall , Esq ., Bro H . Overton , and Messrs . Collard and Co ., in fitting and improvements in the arrangements , & c , of the concert room . This musical entertainment was liberally and generally patronized by the nobility , gentry , and principal traders of the neighbourhood , and
also by the resident members of the Craft , including those of the Frederick Lodge of Unity , No . 661 , and the East Surrey Lodge of Concord , No . 680 , to both of which lodges Bro . Gardner had been a subscribing member . Amongst the distinguished patrons of the concert , may be mentioned , Bro . the Earl of Caledon , and the officers on duty at Croydon Barracks , the Countess of Eldon , Captain the Honourable Plantagenet Carey , the Honourable Mrs . Plantagenet Carey , Sir Edmund and Lady Antrobusand familSir Henry and Lady Brid Henry
, y , ges , Kemble , Esq ., M . P ., Edmund Antrobus , Esq ., M . P ., Mr . and Mrs . Manbert , Mr . and Mrs . Joseph Reid , Bro . J . W . Sutherland , and family , Bro . Newman Smith , Mr . and Mrs . Thomas Keen , & c . Bro . Gardner ' s case was one of peculiar difficulty as regards his claim to admission either into the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons , or on the books of the Annuity Fund , inasmuch as he had not been a sufficiently long time a Mason to qualifhim for participation in the
y advantages of either of these institutions . His youngest child was also too old for admission into the Girls' School . We are glad , however , to announce that Bro . Gardner , through the persevering exertions of his friends and neighbours at Croydon , has been appointed by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , in whom the patronage is vested , to one
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Are Not Authors Generally Freemasons?
carried to a small hut . Putting a tin box into the captain ' s hand , the officer said , " Receive this , it may save your life , although it cost my brother his ; he was executed for desertion , and on the day of his execution he gave me the contents of that box . Good-bye , brother , heaven protect you . '"—It may be observed that the box , although it contained no masonic secrets , proved of the highest interest to the captain . FIDUS .
Generous Liberality
GENEROUS LIBERALITY
On the part of Bro . Hobbs towards a Brother Mason in distressed circumstances . In our volume for the year 1844 , pp . 347 , 348 , we were requested to solicit the contributions of the benevolent and humane in augmentation of a collection then being made to alleviate the distress of Bro . James Gardner and his family , formerly of the Greyhound Hotel , at Croydon ; and we are now enabledthrough the kindness of Bro . John Chrees
, , P . M . 200 , P . P . G . D . Surrey , the acting trustee of the fund collected , to state that the total amount of the sums received is as follows , viz . — Concert , 88 / . 10 s . 10 rf . ; Grand Lodge , 10 / . ; Surrey Lodges , 23 / . ; other donations , inclusive , amounting altogether to 444 . / . 3 s . 10 d . ; from which sum a small annuity has been purchased for Mrs . Gardner , at the cost of 195 / . 2 * . 6 d . The remainder of the noble contribution has been advanced to aid Mrs . Gardner in her exertions to maintain the family .
The concert , conducted by Bro . Hobbs , Grand Organist , realized , as it will be seen above , the sum of 88 / . 10 s . 10 d ., exclusive of the value given by John Blake , Esq ., Bro . H . Gray , Edward Westall , Esq ., Bro H . Overton , and Messrs . Collard and Co ., in fitting and improvements in the arrangements , & c , of the concert room . This musical entertainment was liberally and generally patronized by the nobility , gentry , and principal traders of the neighbourhood , and
also by the resident members of the Craft , including those of the Frederick Lodge of Unity , No . 661 , and the East Surrey Lodge of Concord , No . 680 , to both of which lodges Bro . Gardner had been a subscribing member . Amongst the distinguished patrons of the concert , may be mentioned , Bro . the Earl of Caledon , and the officers on duty at Croydon Barracks , the Countess of Eldon , Captain the Honourable Plantagenet Carey , the Honourable Mrs . Plantagenet Carey , Sir Edmund and Lady Antrobusand familSir Henry and Lady Brid Henry
, y , ges , Kemble , Esq ., M . P ., Edmund Antrobus , Esq ., M . P ., Mr . and Mrs . Manbert , Mr . and Mrs . Joseph Reid , Bro . J . W . Sutherland , and family , Bro . Newman Smith , Mr . and Mrs . Thomas Keen , & c . Bro . Gardner ' s case was one of peculiar difficulty as regards his claim to admission either into the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons , or on the books of the Annuity Fund , inasmuch as he had not been a sufficiently long time a Mason to qualifhim for participation in the
y advantages of either of these institutions . His youngest child was also too old for admission into the Girls' School . We are glad , however , to announce that Bro . Gardner , through the persevering exertions of his friends and neighbours at Croydon , has been appointed by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , in whom the patronage is vested , to one